Lara Watson is a Birri Gubba woman living and working in Meanjin, the Indigenous officer with the Australian Council of Trade Unions & oversees the work of the First Nations Workers Alliance.  She has been involved with the Trade Union movement for 20 years, starting as a workplace delegate and moving into community campaigning as a Yr@w co-ordinator.  She ran the anti-privatisation campaign ‘Not4Sale’ in Queensland & she has worked on numerous Indigenous campaigns, including the fight for Muckaty, Queensland Stolen Wages, ending the NT Intervention, Wage Justice for Community Development Program Workers, Unions for Yes and now has her sights on addressing racism in workplaces.  She is also an artist, co-owner of Mulla Art Studio with her daughter, and the artist of ‘Wadya Gathering’ that was used by the ‘Yes’ campaign in the 2023 referendum.